A little good news

         I intend to eventually be able to post pictures and write a little about each child that comes into our lives on this blog. So far we are yet to have one of these so called children. I was beginning to think no one wanted us to have any kids :( Luckily that is not the case.
      Adoption update: We have been inquiring on child after child trying to be considered for adoption of many kids who are already legally free ( Parents rights have already been relinquished). We have gotten some what far in the process for a few children but so far have not been chosen. I am attempting to be patient and understanding when we are not chosen. I know that they are very picky when it comes to who gets these kids and they are right to do so. These kids have had it tough and deserve to be very carefully placed. I will continue to inquire on child after child and keep my fingers crossed that we will soon be the best match for the right child!
          Foster care update: We have now been licensed and waiting for a placement for 4 months. We were asked to take the 3 different short term placements but none of them worked out for one reason or another. We had not however been asked to take any ong term foster placement. I had a meeting with our case worker, Elaine on Monday and I got a lot of refreshing news. A big part of why we had not been given placements was because she had not updated our profile with a new assessment. We were apparently supposed to have this meeting a long while ago but she had been busy and not gotten to us. Now that we are all updated we should start seeing a lot more placement opportunities.
         Elaine also spoke with me about Davids previous rug use. She mentioned that her boss Cody was wanting to wait until Davids 3 year sobriety anniversary before giving us any real serious foster placements that could turn into adoptions. His 3 year is in two weeks :) I am very proud of him and the man that he has become. He is so much different now and has grown so much that I really never think about those days anymore.  Elaine said that she is going to start calling us first with all of the short term respite cases that she gets and we can take the ones that are good fits for us. That will give us some experience so that as soon as a Foster placement comes up for us we will be ready to go!

Updates to come soon I hope!